E-Trading
Clarifying EPP.
Congratulations to Diane Smyth on an excellent article on commercial legal expenses (see below: 'Clai...
A company on the button.
We provide an overview of Computer Sciences Corporation, sponsor of this supplement, looking at the company's beginnings, its objectives, and its comprehensive range of products and services.
Misys to focus on b2b.
Misys is repositioning itself as a business-to-business technology company after closing screentrade...
Warren Hill starts growth spurt by obtaining PW Kirk.
Haywards Heath-based Warren Hill Insurance Brokers has kicked off a growth campaign with the acquisi...
Drawing on experience.
The industry may seem to be rushing headlong into cyberspace, but the people who buy the policies are more circumspect with old habits dying hard. Insurers ignore existing channels of business at their peril.
Ex-employees deny insider insight.
Kevin Pallett, managing director of Fusion Underwriting Services, has stated his company knew nothin...
Making the most of marketing a website.
Q: As a small broker, how can I market our website to attract more visitors? There are several po...
Who will start the bidding?
While US insurers are clambering to join in internet marketplaces, their UK counterparts remain wary but how long will they hold out?
The battle of the brands.
There has been a plethora of dotcoms launched in the insurance industry in the past few years but it seems the heavy-weights consistently have the upper hand over their start-up counterparts.
Zurich confirms the launch of three business centres.
Zurich UK Commercial has launched three small business centres, as first reported in June's Professio...
Brokersure.co.uk launches version for smaller brokers.
Brokersure.co.uk has launched Brokersure.go, a version of the system aimed at smaller brokers. Th...
Business in an age of disruptive technologies.
The UK insurance industry must pre-empt the impact of potentially disruptive technology in order to continue to reap rewards and offer high levels of customer service, argues Tony Barker.
Brokers win six BIA awards.
Brokers can be proud of their performance at this year's British Insurance Awards, with six firms wi...
Be prepared.
Television advertising is full of insurance schemes offering after-the-event cover. But David Haynes says brokers should be encouraging clients to be safe, not sorry by taking out quality ULR cover.
Mike Dodd calls for hard facts from ASPs.
Mike Dodd, business development director at Sirius Group, has spoken out against the 'razzmatazz' of...
Service with a smile.
Customers are becoming ever more demanding but the new CRM systems can provide the technology to serve their desires to them on a plate.
The ongoing saga of Independent's predictable fall.
The one good thing about a general election is that once the votes are counted and the new prime min...
Axa buys www. business-risk.com.
AXA Insurance has bought Independent Insurance's ex-broker communications website www.business-risk....
E-Commerce Watch.
Internet software house insurE-com has launched insur-E.claim, a claims portal. insurE-com says the ...
Tackling the e-future challenge.
The e-revolution is likely to radically change the way insurance companies do business, but utility must take precedence over novelty.
Opening doors.
Just as the automotive industry has discovered that much assembly work is better done by outside specialists, so insurers are finding that outsourcing core functions can cut costs.
CIIG gets the ball rolling
The Creditors of Independent Insurance will prepare a class action as early as August if an initial f...
Harrison-Beaumont taps into IT
Harrison-Beaumont (Insurance Brokers) are acting as the managing agents for Milo, a new policy underw...
Broker Direct boosts EDI
Broker Direct has gone live with new business and mid term adjustments on New Millennium Technologies...